top 10 hacker news stories for 2016-12-31

Be Careful with Python's New-Style String Format

http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2016/12/29/careful-with-str-format/

9 years ago

334 upvotes – 150 comments

The Memory Models That Underlie Programming Languages

http://canonical.org/~kragen/memory-models

9 years ago

332 upvotes – 49 comments

Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31/russia-hysteria-infects-washpost-again-false-story-about-hacking-u-s-electric-grid/

9 years ago

328 upvotes – 262 comments

How to ask good questions

https://jvns.ca/blog/good-questions/

9 years ago

309 upvotes – 25 comments

PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam running on Firmware 4.05

http://wololo.net/2016/12/28/ps4-hack-fail0verflow-demonstrate-linux-steam-running-firmware-4-05-wont-release-exploit/

9 years ago

296 upvotes – 129 comments

EveryPolitician: Open dataset on politicians

http://everypolitician.org/

9 years ago

270 upvotes – 49 comments

I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix

http://anildash.com/2016/12/im-at-fog-creek-and-were-introducing-gomix.html

9 years ago

269 upvotes – 212 comments

Apt: please make the moo reproducible

https://bugs.debian.org/848721

9 years ago

236 upvotes – 59 comments

Deep Learning 2016: The Year in Review

http://www.deeplearningweekly.com/blog/deep-learning-2016-the-year-in-review

9 years ago

225 upvotes – 54 comments

In 2017, I’m going to stop watching the news

https://ma.ttias.be/stop-watching-news/

9 years ago

183 upvotes – 178 comments
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